David Reed, one of two KHSU employees who were left with jobs after a sweeping shakeup at the university radio station yesterday, has resigned.
In a Facebook post, Reed said that he stepped down as of 7:30 a.m. and he had “declined the offer to be KHSU’s acting director, an appointment that was made without consulting me.”
His information has been removed from KHSU’s website.
Reed’s decision comes in the wake of Humboldt State University’s decision to eliminate most of the station’s staff and “indefinitely suspend” most of the volunteer-run programing that was the hallmark of KHSU for decades.
Read more Journal coverage of the upheaval that left staff, volunteers and the community reeling here and here.
“To all of you who supported me and the station in my last 10 years, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you especially to those of you who volunteered to be on the pledge drive last week,” Reed wrote. “We all made great community radio together, with your support. You can be proud of that.”
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Despite the proximity of “higher education” few seem to know, (and those who know, ignore), that each of the terminated employees share comparative due-process employment rights with all state employees on campus, for example, the right to “retreat” to other positions on campus.
No auxiliary campus employees can legally be classified as “at-will”.
Fight back, (if you desire a REAL education).
See: California Education Code section 89900(c) governing auxiliary campus employment laws. (Second floor, Humboldt County Courthouse Law Library).
Someone please tell Mr Reed KMUD is seeking a GM. They desperately need a talented and experienced manager!